July 24
Today is the 205th day of 2017, there are 160 days left in the year.
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate by Scottish nobles in favor of her infant son James, who became King of Scotland at the age of one.
1783 - Revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela.
1847 - Brigham Young and the first members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) arrived at the Great Salt Lake.
1862 - Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States and the first U.S. president to have been born a U.S. citizen, died in Kinderhook, New York at age 79.
1866 - Tennessee became the first Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union.
1915 - The SS Eastland, a passenger ship carrying more than 2,500 people, rolled onto its side while docked at the Clark Street Bridge on the Chicago River; an estimated 844 people died in the disaster.
1937 - The state of Alabama dropped charges against five black men accused of raping two white women in the Scottsboro case.
1952 - President Harry S. Truman announced a settlement in a 53-day steel strike.
1959 - During a visit to the Soviet Union, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev compared the merits of capitalism and communism in the "kitchen debate," so-named because it took place at a model kitchen at a U.S. exhibition.
1967 - French President Charles de Gaulle stirred controversy during a visit to Montreal, Canada, when he declared, "Vive le Quebec libre!" (Long live free Quebec!)
1969 - Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon had to turn over White House tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
1979 - A Miami jury convicted Ted Bundy of first-degree murder in the slayings of two Florida State University sorority sisters.
1990 - Iraq amassed tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks along its border with Kuwait.
1997 - Retired Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan died at age 91.
2002 - The U.S. House of Representatives expelled Rep. James Traficant (D-Ohio), who had been convicted of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion.
2002 - Nine coal miners were trapped in a mine in Pennsylvania. All were rescued three days later.
2007 - President George W. Bush, speaking at Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina, sought to justify the Iraq war by citing intelligence reports he said showed a link between al-Qaida's operation in Iraq and the terror group that attacked the United States on September 11, 2001.
2007 - The U.S. minimum wage rose 70 cents to $5.85 an hour, the first increase in a decade.
2012 - In his first foreign policy speech since emerging as the likely Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney called for an independent investigation into claims the White House had leaked national security information for President Barack Obama's political gain; the White House replied that the president "has made abundantly clear that he has no tolerance for leaks."
Birthdays
24 - Lucas Adams (actor)
26 - Emily Rickards (actress)
27 - Jimmy Bellinger (actor)
30 - Mara Wilson (actress)
31 - Megan Park (actress)
35 - Anna Paquin (actress)
36 - Summer Glau (actress)
38 - Rose Byrne (actress)
40 - Danny Dyer (actor)
42 - Torrie Wilson (professional wrestler/fitness model)
48 - Jennifer Lopez (singer/actress)
48 - Rick Fox (basketball player)
49 - Kristin Chenoweth (actress)
49 - Laura Leighton (actress)
52 - Kadeem Hardison (actor)
53 - Barry Bonds (baseball player)
54 - Karl Malone (basketball player)
66 - Lynda Carter (actress)
71 - Gallagher (comedian)
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Today in Sports History - July 24
1963 - Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson to retain heavyweight championship.
1969 - Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game.
1973 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 7-1 in Kansas City.
1978 - Billy Martin was fired for the first of three times as the manager of the New York Yankees baseball team.
1983 - George Brett, batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident."
1984 - Quarterback Terry Bradshaw announces his retirement from football.
2005 - Lance Armstrong won his seventh consecutive Tour de France.
2016 - Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Today is the 205th day of 2017, there are 160 days left in the year.
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate by Scottish nobles in favor of her infant son James, who became King of Scotland at the age of one.
1783 - Revolutionary Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela.
1847 - Brigham Young and the first members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) arrived at the Great Salt Lake.
1862 - Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States and the first U.S. president to have been born a U.S. citizen, died in Kinderhook, New York at age 79.
1866 - Tennessee became the first Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union.
1915 - The SS Eastland, a passenger ship carrying more than 2,500 people, rolled onto its side while docked at the Clark Street Bridge on the Chicago River; an estimated 844 people died in the disaster.
1937 - The state of Alabama dropped charges against five black men accused of raping two white women in the Scottsboro case.
1952 - President Harry S. Truman announced a settlement in a 53-day steel strike.
1959 - During a visit to the Soviet Union, Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev compared the merits of capitalism and communism in the "kitchen debate," so-named because it took place at a model kitchen at a U.S. exhibition.
1967 - French President Charles de Gaulle stirred controversy during a visit to Montreal, Canada, when he declared, "Vive le Quebec libre!" (Long live free Quebec!)
1969 - Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon, splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
1974 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon had to turn over White House tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
1979 - A Miami jury convicted Ted Bundy of first-degree murder in the slayings of two Florida State University sorority sisters.
1990 - Iraq amassed tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks along its border with Kuwait.
1997 - Retired Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan died at age 91.
2002 - The U.S. House of Representatives expelled Rep. James Traficant (D-Ohio), who had been convicted of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion.
2002 - Nine coal miners were trapped in a mine in Pennsylvania. All were rescued three days later.
2007 - President George W. Bush, speaking at Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina, sought to justify the Iraq war by citing intelligence reports he said showed a link between al-Qaida's operation in Iraq and the terror group that attacked the United States on September 11, 2001.
2007 - The U.S. minimum wage rose 70 cents to $5.85 an hour, the first increase in a decade.
2012 - In his first foreign policy speech since emerging as the likely Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney called for an independent investigation into claims the White House had leaked national security information for President Barack Obama's political gain; the White House replied that the president "has made abundantly clear that he has no tolerance for leaks."
Birthdays
24 - Lucas Adams (actor)
26 - Emily Rickards (actress)
27 - Jimmy Bellinger (actor)
30 - Mara Wilson (actress)
31 - Megan Park (actress)
35 - Anna Paquin (actress)
36 - Summer Glau (actress)
38 - Rose Byrne (actress)
40 - Danny Dyer (actor)
42 - Torrie Wilson (professional wrestler/fitness model)
48 - Jennifer Lopez (singer/actress)
48 - Rick Fox (basketball player)
49 - Kristin Chenoweth (actress)
49 - Laura Leighton (actress)
52 - Kadeem Hardison (actor)
53 - Barry Bonds (baseball player)
54 - Karl Malone (basketball player)
66 - Lynda Carter (actress)
71 - Gallagher (comedian)
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Today in Sports History - July 24
1963 - Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson to retain heavyweight championship.
1969 - Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game.
1973 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 7-1 in Kansas City.
1978 - Billy Martin was fired for the first of three times as the manager of the New York Yankees baseball team.
1983 - George Brett, batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident."
1984 - Quarterback Terry Bradshaw announces his retirement from football.
2005 - Lance Armstrong won his seventh consecutive Tour de France.
2016 - Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
